Episode 17 features artist Massinissa Selmani. He is known for his seemingly irreverent pencil drawings and animations that converge documentary and fiction, often starting with a press cutting taken from his long standing personal archive. Massinissa leaves his figures and objects stranded in large areas of white space as an invitation for the viewer to fill in the gaps and consider how the circulation of media images affect our perception of events. Massinissa’s work has been shown internationally including at Palais de Tokyo, the 56th Venice Biennale where he received a special mention, Dakar Biennial, Modern Art Oxford and Centre Pompidou. From his studio in Tours, west-central France, we discussed the absurdity of his drawings and the degree to which his Algerian background shapes his work. 

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